Events for Children in NYC This Week

Our guide to cultural events in New York City for families with children and teenagers.

BABY GOT BACH at the 92nd Street Y (April 8, 10 a.m.). Baby got Beethoven, Berlioz and Bartok, too. This series, created by the pianist Orli Shaham, introduces preschoolers to a wide range of classical music, first with a hands-on exploration of instruments and then with an interactive themed concert. This Saturday’s program, “Wondrous Winds,” the last of the season, focuses on the flute, the clarinet and the oboe — in other words, the wonderful woodwinds — along with the French horn and the piano.212-415-5500, 92y.org/babygotbach

‘CUISINE & CONFESSIONS’ at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (April 11-16). The recipe for this show consists of acrobatics, circus arts, personal narratives and, yes, food. Presented by the Montreal troupe Les 7 Doigts de la Main (the 7 Fingers of the Hand, or simply the 7 Fingers), the production, part of the Tilt Kids Festival, features family anecdotes and reminiscences that unspool as the cast members whip up favorite dishes like pasta and banana bread onstage — and whip their bodies around, too. Take your appetite, because the audience gets to taste everything afterward.888-611-8183, nyuskirball.org

FREEDOM ART JAM at the Jewish Museum (April 9, noon to 4 p.m.) Setting off for the promised land is certainly something to dance about, and this Passover program will encourage all young visitors to kick up their heels — as well as pick up a paintbrush or pencil — in celebration of the ancient Jews’ exodus from Egypt. The group Vered and the Babes will supply the freedom-themed funk and folk, in concerts at noon and at 1:15 p.m., and the workshops will include a chance for children to improvise their own musical instruments, using bells, wire, ribbons and other objects. They can also make Chagall-inspired painted Passover storybooks and help create a giant Seder plate installation.212-423-3337, thejewishmuseum.org/families

HUDSON RIVER EEL DAY at Wave Hill (April 8-9). Yes, they’re slippery characters, but eels may inspire appreciation — and even admiration — at their celebration at this Bronx garden. On Sunday at 2 p.m., an environmental educator from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve will present “The Incredible Journey of the American Eel,” explaining how these creatures hatch in the Sargasso Sea and drift to the Atlantic Coast, where they arrive as transparent larvae, the so-called glass eels. Maturing in habitats like the Hudson, eels provide food for larger fish and birds, and because they prefer clean water, they help indicate an ecosystem’s health. Children, who will observe the live species close up, can also create their own eels and river dioramas in an art project all weekend, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. On Sunday at 12:30 p.m., a family nature walk will lend opportunities to explore higher up the food chain.718-549-3200, wavehill.org

PRESERVATION DETECTIVES: ‘MATZO MADNESS!’ at the Museum at Eldridge Street (April 9, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.). The plagues that the Bible says were visited upon the Egyptians when the pharaoh refused to liberate the Jewish people were bitter indeed, but this Passover program will turn them into something sweet. “Matzo Madness!,” part of the museum’s series of Preservation Detectives family tours, in which children 4 to 11 can view artifacts and sleuth their way into the past, invites young visitors to make marshmallow versions of these scourges. Activities will also include creating Seder table crafts and going on a holiday scavenger hunt.212-219-0302, Ext. 6; eldridgestreet.org

‘SALUTE TO MAGIC’ at the Queens Theater (April 8, 8 p.m.). Young audience members will go onstage — or maybe even above the stage — in this 108th annual celebration of the art of illusion, presented by the Society of American Magicians. In a show that promises an increased emphasis on spectator participation, Will Shaw will teach a child to juggle; the evening’s M.C., Denny Haney, will enlist a pair of theatergoers to do what is known as the Malini egg trick; and the team Scott and Puck will levitate a lucky young fan.718-760-0064, queenstheatre.org

‘SET SAIL WITH MOANA’ at the Museum of the Moving Image (April 10-17). Spring break is a great time to travel, even if the voyage is only imaginary. This Queens museum will provide a lively journey all week, with daily 12:30 p.m. screenings of “Moana,” the recent Disney film whose title character, the daughter of a Polynesian chieftain, is on a seafaring mission to help save her homeland. Accompanying the movie is the “Heroic Odyssey” drop-in family workshop, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily, in which children can embark on “Moana”-related projects, like making origami canoes and Hawaiian pendants and designing and animating oceanic symbols.718-784-0077, movingimage.us